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J. W. Waterhouse, “Circe invidiosa”, 1892, Adelaide, Art Gallery of South Australia.

The feminine approach to health

Goddess, pythia, sorceress and midwife, herbalist or healer. Alchemist or witch

One of a series of 20 photographs depicting the planting and manufacturing of indigo in India by French photographer Oscar Mallitte (c 1829-1905). Mallitte arrived in Calcutta in 1857 and later that year was part of Dr Mouat's official expedition to the Andaman Islands. He made an invaluable photographic record of the life and customs of the native islanders, a collection which sadly has since been lost. Mallitte taught photography at the School of Industrial Arts in Calcutta, and in 1859 he accompanied the Vice-Roy, Lord Canning, as photographer on a tour of the North-West provinces. A series of his views of indigo planting and manufacturing was sold at Sotheby?s in 1980. (Photo by SSPL/Getty Images)

India. 150 years in photographs

“no more a united nation than the Equator”

Allegory upon the Tulip Mania
by Jan Breughel the Younger

An unbelievably fascinating account of the great tulip craze of the 17th century

Batman and Robin, 1966. Adam West Movie Poster

The Many Faces of The Batman By Will Brooker

The story behind the Hero of Gotham City

Golden mask of Agamemnon

Greece by Umberto Eco

An Introduction to Antiquity

The facsimile, Kitâb al-Diryâq

Kitâb al-Diryâq

A medieval Arab version of a millenary panacea

Swift created a fascinating tale

Gulliver’s Travels, although known as a classic children’s adventure book

The english author travelled between these two big cities

Down and Out in Paris and London is the first full-length work by the English author

The famous irish novelist

Dracula: a travel novel?

Travel and geographical references in the most famous work of Bram Stoker

The american author travelled around his country in 1960

Travels with Charley: In Search of America

Portrait of the british novelist Charles Dickens

The Pictures from Italy of Charles Dickens

Italy’s most famous sights

The american writer Herman Melville

Herman Melville

Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life (1846) is American writer Herman Melville's first book

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